Good afternoon, 

 

It's Alex from Hot Docs! I hope you're doing well and staying warm. 

 

I wanted to let you know about our upcoming FREE screening: For Viola: Dear
Jackie
<https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/dear-jackie?utm_source=ExternalOutreach&u
tm_medium=HistoryOrgs&utm_campaign=HDCSeries&utm_content=FVDearJackie> &
Tallawah Abroad (Saturday, February 25, 9:00 PM). Join the For Viola
<https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cinema-series/for-viola?utm_source=ExternalOutr
each&utm_medium=HistoryOrgs&utm_campaign=HDCSeries&utm_content=ForViolaSerie
s>  team for a double bill that explores the evolution and erosion of Black
communities in Montreal and Toronto, from Little Burgundy to Little Jamaica.

 

Are you able to help us spread the word? Feel free to share this through
your network. 

 

Let me know if there are any questions. 

 

Best,

Alex

 

Alex MacGillivray

Senior Communications Coordinator

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

 



 
<https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/films/dear-jackie?utm_source=ExternalOutreach&u
tm_medium=HistoryOrgs&utm_campaign=HDCSeries&utm_content=FVDearJackie> FOR
VIOLA: DEAR JACKIE & TALLAWAH ABROAD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUBI - Saturday,
February 25, 9:00 PM

 

Tickets: FREE

While this film is presented free of charge, if you wish to extend your
support, please consider a donation of $10 in recognition of the value of
the work presented, and in honour of Viola Desmond, featured on the $10
banknote, at checkout. Half the proceeds will be shared directly with the
filmmakers, who also receive screening fees.

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Dear Jackie | D: Henri Pardo | Canada | 2021 | 90 min

In 1946, Jackie Robinson did the impossible and broke the colour barrier in
Major League Baseball. But did Montréalers use this historic moment to
perpetuate a myth of a post-racial society? The film addresses Robinson
directly and recounts the current situation of the Black community in Little
Burgundy, once known as the “Harlem of the North.” Through eloquent
interviews, testimonies, and powerful verité moments in black and white,
Dear Jackie paints a portrait of racism and racial inequality in Montreal
and Quebec as a whole.

In English and French with English subtitles.

Screening with

Tallawah Abroad | D: Sharine Taylor | Canada | 2019 | 7 min

Little Jamaica, a neighbourhood in Toronto’s west end, was a once thriving
hub for Black and Caribbean business owners until the ills of gentrification
reared its ugly head. Vernal Small, the owner of the 47-year-old business
Jamall Caribbean Custom Tailor, is now tasked with confronting how the
construction of the incoming light rail is shifting the dynamic of his
community, changing their future and slowly erasing their presence in the
process.

In English and French with English subtitles.

  

Join Dear Jackie director Henri Pardo (via Zoom), Tallawah Abroad director
Sharine Taylor and moderator Angelyn Francis for a post-screening Q&A.

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 <https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cinema-series/for-viola> For Viola: Hot Docs'
screening series centering Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour
(BIPOC)-led stories and filmmakers, named in honour of Canadian civil rights
icon Viola Desmond. This series seeks to affirm Hot Docs as a space of
inclusion for BIPOC creators and audience members alike. In order to
minimize barriers to audience participation, all screenings in this series
are free of charge.

For Viola is supported by



Meet the For Viola programmers in
<https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/cinema-series/for-viola> this video.

Read Hot Docs' Anti-Racism statement
<https://hotdocs.ca/about/values/anti-racism-statement> here.

 


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